Ukip's boomerang leader Nigel Farage has defended the behaviour of under pressure Presidential hopeful Donald Trump after making lewd remarks about women as fellow high profile Republicans withdrew their support.

Farage, who is once again in charge of the party on an interim basis following the resignation of elected leader Diane James, said Trump's comments were "alpha male boasting" and "the kind of thing men do".

Speaking to Fox News, he also said: "By the way, quite a lot of women say things amongst themselves that they would not want to see on Fox News, or the front page of a newspaper, I'm not pretending it's good - it's ugly, it is ugly."